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The Mansion of the Plates (Sara yashiki), from the series One Hundred Ghost Stories (Hyaku monogatari)


「百物語 さらやしき」
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Publisher: Tsuruya Kiemon (Senkakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1831–32 (Tenpô 2–3)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban; 23.7 x 17.6 cm (9 5/16 x 6 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.10236
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné MFA Highlights: Arts of Japan (2008), p. 174; TNM, Hokusai (2005), #386; Ukiyo-e shûka 16 (1981), p. 227, vertical chûban #25.5
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.20441, 21.10236
Signed Saki no Hokusai hitsu
前北斎筆
ProvenanceMarch 1916, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Yamanaka & Co.; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.